One of the things we did out at Pea Ridge National Military Park during last summer’s Arkansas Archeological Society Training Program was a systematic metal detector workshop. We took the first couple of days to test the differences in efficacy between three different approaches to surveying battlefields. The first of these was what we could… Read More
The Southern Arkansas University Research Station of the Arkansas Archeological Survey (AAS-SAU) is located on the SAU campus in Magnolia, Arkansas. The AAS-SAU Research Station is responsible for the archeological resources of 11 counties in southwestern Arkansas. The station territory stretches from the southern edge of the Ouachita Mountains to the Arkansas/Louisiana state Line, and incorporates the Great Bend region of the Red River. The late prehistoric and protohistoric inhabitants within the station territory were members of the Caddoan culture (in the west) and the Plaquemine culture (in the east). Among the important sites in the SAU station territory is Crenshaw, the earliest known Caddoan ceremonial center, and Historic Washington State Park, an antebellum town restored and interpreted by Arkansas State Parks and the Pioneer Washington Restoration Foundation.
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AAS-SAU News
Prairie D’Ane: The Very Short Report
We spent much of this month in the field. When I say “field,” I mean literal fields on the rolling plains of Prairie D’Ane, a centuries-old blackland prairie just north of Prescott, Arkansas. It is a beautiful place, with sweeping vistas and a great blue dome of sky. It was also a place where, in… Read More
GPR in Cemeteries: It’s almost never this clear
The Arkansas Archeological Survey does a very small amount of geophysical survey in cemeteries. This is usually when the site is under threat or certain conditions are met (see our “Guidelines for Cemetery Preservation Support” on our Cemetery Preservation page for more information). Such survey can (but do not always) identify unmarked graves below the surface…. Read More
The Arkansas Archeological Survey at the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference
The Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA, or “The SHAs”) meets next month down in New Orleans. This is the biggest historical archaeology conference in the world, and the Arkansas Archeological Survey (ARAS) will play a big role in it! Survey Archeologists at the SHAs Dr. Jodi Barnes (ARAS-UA Monticello station archeologist) will host a session… Read More
